brakes

My front forks have been very weak and I attributed that to a bad/leaking oil seal so I just replaced both seals and fill the forks with 130cc of oil each and they still seem to be too soft. If I brake at %70 the forks pretty much bottom out. Is this normal? Also, if I'm pulling into a...

I have a 16" drum brake set up rim on the rear of my bike right now and I bought a 18" rim the same style except it is disk brake. The 18" rim I bought came with a sprocket will the chain that is on the bike now fit still if I just swap out the rims and sprocket? -SubtleFocus-

Hello everyone. I hope its warm enough to ride where you are :wink2: I have a 1980 XS400G with front drum brakes. I purchased these forks:. They are from a 1978 disc brake model. The forks are beautiful and were relatively cheap, but they obviously don't work with drum brakes. So, I've...

Having assessed the front brakes on this beast, i have come to the conclusion that everything must be rebuilt or replaced. Is there an updated master cylinder / caliper setup someone can recommend? Or should i just get the kits for my original MC/C, and try to rebuild them? The originals are in...

The more I read and sit looking at my 2 bikes the more uncertain I become. I have a 1978 with 18" mags front and rear, disc's front and rear. This bike is in fairly god shape and runs. The other is a 1980, xs400's both, 18'mag front with disk and 16" mag rear with drum. First of all I've never...

I need to replace or clean up the shoes on my brakes. I have drum breaks on both the front and rear of my bike (1980 xs400). I did a search, and found the pages in the manual that people recommend, but I'm still unsure of what I need. At this point I'm comfortable taking off the wheels...

Have any of you guys found another caliper which will bolt up to the stock mounts on a 81 model? I'm having to get a new master cylinder so I figure I might as well juice up the stopping while i'm there.:shrug: Thanks, -Jeramy

Hey guys, I need some help with obtaining the dimensions to the stock XS400 rotors. I was hoping someone could measure the stock rotor for me (see below). I'm in the middle of contemplating/doing a mag swap onto my drum equipped XS400. From a parts search I found on a 1979 that the front...

Can anyone advise if the Read master sylinder kit is still available for the XS400 (mines a 1977 UK standard model) unable to trace kits in the UK and the master sylinder has totally failed now and does not pump at all.

I'm wanting to cross drill my brake rotors and was wondering if anybody could print me up a few templates to use? Heres a picture similar to what I need. only I want more holes like these. what other info would be needed....rotor diameter I'm assuming?